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There is the insertobj command and choose 'from file' no need for external programs! OLE or XREF is the choice.

i cant remember where i came across a video tips related to your question. maybe tips by Ellen Finkelstein. 1.open image using editing tool, eg: ms PAINT 2.Select (or crop) then copy or [Ctrl +C] 3.Paste [Ctrl+v] into ACAD drawing The picture automatically embedded as OLE object, (the same concept just like you select copy in EXCEL sheet paste to drawing)

Scottie Fox You are on the right track with the shortcuts you have in your post. I have a single library lisp that gets loaded at startup, I prefer this method to adding to Autocad default startup lisps that get loaded. So will keep going down this method. So make a lisp you can call it Scottie.lsp if you want, then type Appload, choose your Scottie.lsp and load it, this makes it available to only the current dwg. So next step is add it to Start up suite. Just click on it and add. Inside my autoload.lsp there are 40 short defuns and 34 autoloads. Tombu and I are talking about transparent commands these can be used in the middle of a command as example when doing pline you can type snaps like "end" "mid" or reset your osnaps by typing a apostrophe and the defun name hence Line '9 then pick a point with snap now set to end and node as per your post. At end to reset osnaps just type say 47 as a command (my defun) When writing programs and testing, osnap often gets reset so having a shortcut comes in handy to reset it back. Don't forget F3 is on / off

On the status bar, along the bottom of the window, there's a button for setting object snap modes. (If you don't have a status bar, type the command STATUSBAR and change it from 0 to 1 [0=off, 1=on].) Button designs change from one version to the next, so I'm not sure what you'll see*. In my version (2014), it's a square with a spark in the top left corner. If you only click on the button, you turn the entire object snap system on and off. If you right click on that button, you will see a list of snaps so you can choose which one to turn on/off. That list also includes a Settings option, which opens the Object Snap dialog (you can open that same dialog with the command _OSNAP). The dialog box lists all the available snap modes in one place and lets you toggle them on and off. Once you hit OK, the settings remain in place until the next time you change them. Some snap settings only last for the duration of a command. You'll find that AutoCAD usually has several methods for doing the same thing. It's confusing at first, but you'll appreciate the flexibility it gives you. For instance, some prefer the ribbon, some the mouse, some the keyboard. Once you've learned the basics, you can decide what works best for you. Unfortunately, AutoCAD has a steep learning curve. Once you've got your feet underneath you, though, you will have a lot of power. *They claim the meanings of these icons are "self-explanatory." If that's so, why do they change every year?

For starters get as familiar with the AutoCAD interface as you can. The icon on the right end of the status bar controls the display of everything on it. With 2D Osnap displayed you have full control of setting all you snaps and toggling them on and off. You can enter OSMODE at the command line and enter a value or while in a command use an apostrophe prefix to make it transparent as in 'OSMODE 10415. As we use different osnaps for different purposes it wouldn't make any sense to permanently set any of them.

Like tombu just set your osnaps to what you want then type osmode and write down the number. I have all my defun snaps set to a number rather than a hard to type string ie 47 (defun c:47 ()(setvar 'osmode 47)) I have like 4 in total. 99=1023 Something else you can do is shift+right button mouse to do temporary osnap. The other thing is you can do transparent changes within commands by using eg Line pick '47 pick, note the single apostrophe. Look into 'cal as well has some good routines. M2P also.

Endpoint = 1 Midpoint = 2 Center = 4 Node = 8 Intersection = 32 Not needed if Apparent Intersection is set. Perpendicular = 128 Apparent Intersection = 2048 Parallel = 8192 So setting OSMODE to that total of 10415 or 10383 (without unneeded Intersection snap) is what you're looking for. Adding a macro like 'setvar;osmode;$M=$(if,$(=,10415,$(getvar,osmode)),0,10415) would toggle between the settings you're looking for and off completely. Defining 100 commands for every combination you might use seems excessive. I use a shortcut menu that includes all the ones I use without defining a single command. Many of the ones in that lisp would conflict with ones installed with verticals like Civil 3D.

Everything is possible. In etransmit dialog add a check mark "disable dynamic blocks" . So the end user will get the same blocks but static.